.conversation-page {
  --conversation-ink: #17201d;
  --conversation-muted: #53605b;
  --conversation-surface: #f5f3ed;
  --conversation-accent: #b49226;
  background: #fff;
  color: var(--conversation-ink);
}

.conversation-page--aesthetic {
  --conversation-ink: #211d20;
  --conversation-muted: #655c62;
  --conversation-surface: #f7f2f1;
  --conversation-accent: #a77c36;
}

.conversation-shell,
.conversation-article-shell {
  width: calc(100% - 44px);
  max-width: 1120px;
  margin-inline: auto;
}

.conversation-article-shell {
  max-width: 780px;
}

.conversation-hero {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: clamp(78px, 11vw, 145px) 0 clamp(72px, 10vw, 125px);
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 82% 28%, rgba(212, 175, 55, .16), transparent 27%),
    linear-gradient(135deg, #20382f 0%, #17231f 100%);
  color: #fff;
}

.conversation-page--aesthetic .conversation-hero {
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 82% 28%, rgba(212, 175, 55, .18), transparent 28%),
    linear-gradient(135deg, #332b30 0%, #1b181a 100%);
}

.conversation-hero::after {
  content: "“";
  position: absolute;
  right: clamp(12px, 8vw, 120px);
  bottom: -7rem;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.045);
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: clamp(18rem, 42vw, 35rem);
  line-height: 1;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.conversation-context-link,
.conversation-read-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 44px;
  color: var(--conversation-accent);
  font-size: .73rem;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.conversation-hero .conversation-context-link,
.conversation-article-header .conversation-context-link {
  color: #ead69a;
}

.conversation-kicker {
  margin: 0 0 13px;
  color: var(--conversation-accent);
  font-size: .73rem;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  line-height: 1.5;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.conversation-hero .conversation-kicker {
  margin-top: clamp(36px, 5vw, 68px);
  color: #ead69a;
}

.conversation-hero h1 {
  max-width: 980px;
  margin: 0;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 6vw, 4.4rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: -.02em;
  line-height: 1.04;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.conversation-hero h1 span { display: inline; }

.conversation-intro {
  max-width: 720px;
  margin: clamp(28px, 4vw, 44px) 0 0;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.88);
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 2vw, 1.3rem);
  line-height: 1.75;
}

.conversation-library {
  padding: clamp(70px, 9vw, 120px) 0;
  background: var(--conversation-surface);
}

.conversation-library-heading {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, .85fr) minmax(300px, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(34px, 7vw, 90px);
  align-items: end;
  margin-bottom: 42px;
}

.conversation-library-heading h2,
.conversation-about h2 {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--conversation-ink);
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: clamp(2.25rem, 5vw, 4rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.08;
}

.conversation-library-heading > p,
.conversation-about-grid p {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--conversation-muted);
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
}

.conversation-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 18px;
}

.conversation-card {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  min-height: 330px;
  padding: clamp(26px, 4vw, 42px);
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid rgba(23,32,29,.1);
  box-shadow: 0 16px 45px rgba(23,32,29,.04);
}

.conversation-card-meta {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 10px 18px;
  margin: 0 0 28px;
  color: var(--conversation-muted);
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: .09em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.conversation-card-meta span { color: var(--conversation-accent); }

.conversation-card h3 {
  margin: 0 0 16px;
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: clamp(1.65rem, 3vw, 2.15rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.conversation-card h3 a {
  color: var(--conversation-ink);
  text-decoration: none;
}

.conversation-card h3 a:hover { color: var(--conversation-accent); }

.conversation-card > p:not(.conversation-card-meta) {
  margin: 0 0 22px;
  color: var(--conversation-muted);
  line-height: 1.7;
}

.conversation-card .conversation-read-link { margin-top: auto; }

.conversation-read-link span {
  margin-left: 9px;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  transition: transform .2s ease;
}

.conversation-read-link:hover span { transform: translateX(4px); }

.conversation-empty-state {
  padding: clamp(35px, 6vw, 68px);
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid rgba(23,32,29,.1);
  border-left: 4px solid var(--conversation-accent);
}

.conversation-empty-state h3 {
  margin: 0 0 12px;
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: clamp(1.75rem, 4vw, 2.6rem);
  font-weight: 500;
}

.conversation-empty-state > p:last-child {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--conversation-muted);
  line-height: 1.7;
}

.conversation-about {
  padding: clamp(70px, 9vw, 115px) 0;
  background: #fff;
}

.conversation-about-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, .9fr) minmax(300px, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(38px, 8vw, 100px);
}

.conversation-about-grid p + p { margin-top: 1.25rem; }

.conversation-article-header {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: clamp(72px, 10vw, 120px) 0 clamp(58px, 8vw, 92px);
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #20382f 0%, #17231f 100%);
  color: #fff;
}

.conversation-article-header--image {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: clamp(500px, 43vw, 610px);
  padding: clamp(58px, 8vw, 96px) 0;
}

.conversation-article-header--image .conversation-article-shell {
  width: calc(100% - 64px);
  max-width: 1180px;
}

.conversation-article-header-media {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -2;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: var(--hero-position, center);
}

.conversation-article-header-shade {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -1;
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(6, 18, 21, .97) 0%, rgba(6, 18, 21, .91) 28%, rgba(6, 18, 21, .47) 47%, rgba(6, 18, 21, .10) 66%),
    linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(6, 18, 21, .30), transparent 48%);
}

.conversation-page--aesthetic .conversation-article-header {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #332b30 0%, #1b181a 100%);
}

.conversation-article-header .conversation-kicker {
  margin-top: 32px;
  color: #ead69a;
}

.conversation-article-header h1 {
  max-width: 710px;
  margin: 0;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: clamp(2.7rem, 4.6vw, 4.35rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: -.02em;
  line-height: 1.02;
}

@media (min-width: 761px) {
  .conversation-article-header--image h1 {
    width: min(54vw, 760px);
    max-width: none;
    font-size: clamp(3.65rem, 4.35vw, 4.65rem);
  }
}

@media (orientation: landscape) and (min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1000px) and (max-height: 600px) {
  .conversation-article-header--image .conversation-article-shell {
    width: calc(100% - 48px);
  }

  .conversation-article-header--image h1 {
    width: min(72vw, 690px);
    font-size: clamp(2.85rem, 6vw, 3.55rem);
  }
}

html body .conversation-page .conversation-article-deck-meta {
  max-width: 610px;
  margin: 28px 0 0;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.86) !important;
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 2vw, 1.28rem);
  line-height: 1.7;
}

.conversation-byline {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 8px 22px;
  margin-top: 30px;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
  font-size: .78rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.conversation-published-date {
  display: block;
  margin-top: 10px;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
  font-size: .78rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.conversation-article-hero {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 1942px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: #111a1d;
}

.conversation-article-hero img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  max-height: 660px;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: var(--hero-position, center);
}

.conversation-article-body {
  color: #303936;
  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.6vw, 1.18rem);
  line-height: 1.78;
}

.conversation-article-body > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
.conversation-article-body > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
.conversation-article-body p { margin: 0 0 1.55rem; }
.conversation-article-body h2,
.conversation-article-body h3 {
  color: var(--conversation-ink);
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.2;
}
.conversation-article-body h2 { margin: 3.6rem 0 1.25rem; font-size: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 2.8rem); }
.conversation-article-body h3 { margin: 2.5rem 0 1rem; font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 3vw, 1.9rem); }
.conversation-article-body ul,
.conversation-article-body ol { margin: 0 0 1.7rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; }
.conversation-article-body ul { list-style: disc; }
.conversation-article-body li { margin-bottom: .7rem; padding-left: .25rem; }
.conversation-article-body a { color: #6e5617; text-underline-offset: 3px; }
.conversation-article-body blockquote {
  margin: 2.5rem 0;
  padding: .35rem 0 .35rem clamp(22px, 4vw, 38px);
  border-left: 3px solid var(--conversation-accent);
  color: var(--conversation-ink);
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 3vw, 1.9rem);
  font-style: italic;
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.conversation-tldr {
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  padding: 22px 22px 20px;
  border: 0;
  border-top: 4px solid var(--conversation-accent);
  background: #f6f4ef;
}

.conversation-editorial-page {
  padding: 0 22px 72px;
  background: #f2f5f5;
}

.conversation-editorial-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-areas: "story rail";
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 760px) 280px;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 62px;
  width: min(1180px, 100%);
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 72px 76px 78px;
  background: #fffefd;
  box-shadow: 0 22px 70px rgba(16, 34, 45, .11);
}

.conversation-story {
  grid-area: story;
  min-width: 0;
}

.conversation-rail {
  grid-area: rail;
  min-width: 0;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
}

.conversation-rail-inner {
  position: sticky;
  top: 30px;
}

.conversation-rail-quote {
  margin: 26px 0;
  padding: 3px 0 3px 21px;
  border-left: 2px solid #168493;
  color: #0d2231;
  font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.42;
}

.conversation-toc {
  padding-top: 4px;
  border-top: 1px solid #d9e1e2;
}

.conversation-toc strong {
  display: block;
  margin: 18px 0 10px;
  color: #64727b;
  font-size: .63rem;
  letter-spacing: .15em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.conversation-toc a {
  display: block;
  min-height: 38px;
  padding: 7px 0;
  color: #17384b;
  font-size: .75rem;
  line-height: 1.3;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.conversation-toc a:hover,
.conversation-toc a:focus-visible {
  color: #168493;
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.conversation-opening {
  columns: 2 310px;
  column-gap: clamp(34px, 6vw, 72px);
  margin-bottom: clamp(3.5rem, 8vw, 6.2rem);
}

.conversation-opening p {
  break-inside: avoid;
}

.conversation-opening > p:first-child::first-letter {
  float: left;
  margin: .08em .1em 0 0;
  color: #168493;
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: 4.1rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: .72;
}

.conversation-editorial-section {
  display: block;
  padding: clamp(3.4rem, 7vw, 5.8rem) 0;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(23,32,29,.16);
}

.conversation-editorial-section + .conversation-editorial-section {
  margin-top: 0;
}

.conversation-section-heading {
  margin: 0 0 1.18rem !important;
  padding-top: .2rem;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif !important;
}

.conversation-section-number,
.conversation-section-kicker,
.conversation-section-title {
  display: block;
}

.conversation-section-number {
  margin-bottom: .75rem;
  color: #168493;
  font-size: .8rem;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
}

.conversation-section-kicker {
  margin-bottom: .8rem;
  color: #168493;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  line-height: 1.45;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.conversation-section-title {
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: clamp(1.75rem, 3.3vw, 2.5rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.12;
}

.conversation-section-copy > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
.conversation-section-copy > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

.conversation-key-line {
  padding: clamp(20px, 3vw, 30px);
  border-left: 4px solid #168493;
  background: #eaf4f3;
}

.conversation-tldr h2 {
  margin: 0 0 .7rem;
  color: var(--conversation-accent);
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
  font-size: .76rem;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.conversation-tldr p {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--conversation-ink);
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: .86rem;
  line-height: 1.58;
}

.conversation-key-line {
  margin: 2.3rem 0;
  color: var(--conversation-ink);
  font-family: inherit;
  font-size: inherit;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: inherit;
}

.conversation-sources {
  margin-top: 4.5rem;
  padding-top: 2.25rem;
  border-top: 1px solid #d9e1e2;
}

.conversation-sources h2 {
  margin: 0 0 1.25rem;
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.conversation-sources ol {
  margin: 0;
  padding-left: 1.25rem;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
}

.conversation-sources li {
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
  padding-left: .25rem;
  color: #52616a;
  font-size: .78rem;
  line-height: 1.58;
}

.conversation-editorial-note {
  display: block;
  margin-top: 2rem;
  padding: 22px 26px;
  border: 1px solid #d9e1e2;
  color: #52616a;
  background: #fafbfa;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
  font-size: .8rem;
  font-style: normal;
  line-height: 1.58;
}

.conversation-editorial-note strong { color: #0d2231; }

.conversation-article-footer {
  padding: clamp(42px, 6vw, 68px) 0;
  background: var(--conversation-surface);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(23,32,29,.08);
}

.conversation-article-footer p {
  margin: 0 0 18px;
  color: var(--conversation-muted);
  font-size: .93rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .conversation-library-heading,
  .conversation-about-grid,
  .conversation-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .conversation-library-heading { align-items: start; }
  .conversation-card { min-height: 0; }
  .conversation-article-header h1 {
    max-width: 100%;
    font-size: clamp(2.35rem, 11.5vw, 3.35rem);
    overflow-wrap: break-word;
    white-space: normal;
  }
  .conversation-article-header--image {
    min-height: 760px;
    align-items: flex-end;
    padding: 330px 0 44px;
    background: #081619;
  }
  .conversation-article-header--image .conversation-article-shell {
    width: calc(100% - 32px);
  }
  .conversation-article-header-media {
    height: 350px;
    object-fit: cover;
    object-position: 68% center;
  }
  .conversation-article-header-shade {
    background:
      linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(6, 18, 21, 1) 0%, rgba(6, 18, 21, .98) 53%, rgba(6, 18, 21, .38) 72%, rgba(6, 18, 21, .06) 100%);
  }
  .conversation-article-header--image .conversation-context-link {
    min-height: 34px;
  }
  .conversation-article-header--image .conversation-kicker { margin-top: 22px; }
  .conversation-article-header--image h1 {
    max-width: 360px;
    font-size: clamp(2.55rem, 12vw, 3.2rem);
  }
  .conversation-article-deck-meta {
    max-width: 100%;
    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
  }
  .conversation-article-hero img {
    aspect-ratio: 4 / 3;
    height: auto;
    object-fit: cover;
  }
  .conversation-opening { columns: 1; }
  .conversation-editorial-section {
    padding: 3.5rem 0;
  }
  .conversation-section-heading { max-width: 520px; }
}

@media (max-width: 920px) {
  .conversation-editorial-page { padding-inline: 18px; }
  .conversation-editorial-grid {
    grid-template-areas: "rail" "story";
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 44px;
    padding: 54px 48px 62px;
  }
  .conversation-rail-inner { position: static; }
  .conversation-toc {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: 0 24px;
  }
  .conversation-toc strong { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
}

@media (max-width: 480px) {
  .conversation-shell,
  .conversation-article-shell { width: calc(100% - 32px); }
  .conversation-hero h1 { font-size: clamp(2.35rem, 11vw, 3.2rem); }
  .conversation-editorial-page { padding: 0; }
  .conversation-editorial-grid {
    gap: 36px;
    padding: 44px 22px 52px;
    box-shadow: none;
  }
  .conversation-toc { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}

/* Keep the article title fluid after the portrait-mobile rules in the cascade. */
@media (orientation: landscape) and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 1100px) and (max-height: 650px) {
  .conversation-article-header--image {
    min-height: 500px;
    align-items: center;
    padding: 56px 0;
  }

  .conversation-article-header--image .conversation-article-shell {
    width: calc(100% - 48px);
  }

  .conversation-article-header-media {
    height: 100%;
    object-position: var(--hero-position, center);
  }

  .conversation-article-header-shade {
    background:
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(6, 18, 21, .97) 0%, rgba(6, 18, 21, .88) 34%, rgba(6, 18, 21, .38) 58%, rgba(6, 18, 21, .08) 100%),
      linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(6, 18, 21, .30), transparent 48%);
  }

  .conversation-article-header--image h1 {
    width: min(72vw, 690px);
    max-width: none;
    font-size: clamp(2.85rem, 6vw, 3.55rem);
  }
}